Accessibility Audit for Jupyter Notebook

[eileencho]

Hello, I’m a student at NYU's Center for Data Science, working with @VickySteeves this summer on an accessibility audit for Jupyter Notebooks. I was trained by NYU IT's Accessibility Office to be able to do a full audit. I've gone through Jupyter Notebook version 6.0.0, using notebooks from the Data 8 course materials as examples, and VoiceOver on Mac for screen reader testing. Below I’ve included some critical accessibility issues as starting points, along with a Google Doc for more details. I also have a spreadsheet of the complete audit I performed, showing the pages I tested, which areas did not pass WCAG 2.0. Each bolded point under the “Test Procedure” column links to the corresponding section on WCAG 2.0 for reference. I also referenced WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices for examples on design patterns.

• Accessible name missing for folder/file icons
• Status changes are not announced for assistive technologies
• Graphs generated by code need alternative way to convey information
• Menu items are difficult to access with keyboard
• Keyboard trap
• Code editor mode or Command mode information not conveyed

Discussion on what to do with this information is on Discourse